NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on the canonization of Tsar Nicholas the Second by the Russian Orthodox Church. The Tsar and his family were the best known victims of the Russian Revolution in 1918 ...

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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in U.S. prison for conspiracy to commit murder, drug trafficking and money laundering.

It is: God bless and keep the czar -- far away from us.' May I paraphrase that prayer this morning: God bless and keep the title 'czar' forevermore away from the American government.

Russia Reopens the Last Czar’s Palace, a Century After His Execution The last home of Nicholas II has been restored and opened to the public as a museum outside of St. Petersburg.

However, in 1909, Czar Nicholas II, his family and their entourage traveled on the imperial yacht Standart to the Isle of Wight, where they stayed for several days.